- Singapore Changi Airport
- Incheon International Airport
- Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- Hong Kong International Airport
- Beijing Capital International Airport
- Munich Airport
- Zurich Airport
- Vancouver International Airport
- Tokyo International Airport (Haneda)
- London Heathrow Airport
Arlanda airport in Stockholm falls in rankings as Asia dominate
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Changi airport in Singapore is the world's best airport, according to an annual survey of airports in the world done by Skytrax.
This year's list is headed by Singapore's Changi Airport, which has taken over the top spot from South Korea's Incheon International Airport
Stockholms
Arlanda (pictured) has fallen from 51st to 60th place, and is the only
Swedish airport on the top 100 in the classification.
Best Nordic
airport is Vantaa in Helsinki in 15th place, followed by Copenhagen on
17th place. Although Oslo Airport, is ranked 56th place, that rank
stands better than higher than Arlanda.
Four of the top
five airports in the world are in Asia. There Japan alone scored four
airports in the top 20 namely Tokyo Haneda, Central Japan, Tokyo
Narita, and Kansai whereas China scored three top ranked - Hong Kong
International, Beijing Capital, and Shanghai Hongqiao.
Best European
Airport of the ranking, which is now in its fourteenth year, Schiphol
in Amsterdam, which climbed from fourth to third place. Germany scored
more than one in the top 20namley Munich and Frankfurt.
Skytrax 2013
rankings are based on surveys with 12 million air travellers, who
answered questions about everything from shopping to safety.
By Scancomark.com Team
Skytrax also published rankings for individual categories and, for international travellers, they make particularly interesting reading. Here are the top scorers.
- Security processing: Copenhagen.
- Dining: Munich
- Baggage delivery: Zurich.
- Immigration: Kuala Lumpur.
- International transit: Seoul Incheon.
- Shopping: London Heathrow.
- Cleanliness: Tokyo Haneda.
- Leisure activities: Singapore Changi.
- Best domestic airport: Tokyo Haneda.
- Most improved: Frankfurt.